In honor of liking their employees (and a little for the added occasion of my last day) Boss Man and Boss Lady took everyone out to a new sushi restaurant. This was a unique experience for me, in that I actually ordered and consumed the stuff. I'm not a huge fan of raw fish because of the texture, so never actively go after it, but this food was so de-lish that we all stuffed ourselves on almost everything on the menu. Here are two of the four platters, minus appetizers and dessert:
Gorgeous, right? Andy and Zea (Boss People) are the most generous couple I could ever imagine, and continue to feed us night after night (not always in such a fashion, but close).
After dinner, everyone gathered round the table (actually we gathered round the table before dinner, and simply remained in position throughout the meal), and presented me an exceptional gift: a DVD of Surf's Up.
Let me explain the significance here. We watched this a week ago for movie night at Boss People's house, and I laughed for the first ten minutes NONSTOP. It's a documentary-style animated film about a penguin who loves to surf, but lives in Antarctica, where the main career for a penguin is in fish-mongering. So here's this young, bored penguin who is sorting fish and says, "So I've been working at a fish market my whole life. SO LAME." I nearly die every time I hear it.
This apathetic penguin was my going-away gift, PLUS everyone wrote a message on the inside of the DVD paper packaging, so I have fond farewells from my dearly darling co-workers. It was the greatest lay-off of my life. (Just kidding.)
Next summer, I fully intend to find an internship or other relevent work experience in publishing or design, but maybe it'll only last a month or two, so I can still return to the market for a bit. We'll see.
If not, I have a million hilarious memories of my fishy family, including last night at the sushi bar. And I have a pretty decent recipe for crab cakes.
Aw, you're so lucky, Laura.
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